I turned fifty in October, and I'm just starting to realize all of the ways that being an abused child has molded and shaped me over the years. This thread will be a work in progress, that I can add to over an extended period.

I remember having happy childhood moments, mostly reading and playing with other kids; during the abuse itself, I experienced sheer terror. The rest of my childhood was a vague sense of dread-- waiting for more physical abuse.

When parents punish their children for misbehaving, the kids learn not to do whatever it was that got them into trouble. Since the physical abuse that I endured always seemed to erupt out of nowhere, it broke down "the rules." I grew indifferent to being punished.

Let's start with Ciara mentioning to Julie that Tripp was making a romantic dinner for her. #Cin#Days

"Ciara, that's wonderful. So you're possibly going to be getting that pussy beaten up tonight? Are you sure you're ready for that? You were raped two years ago. I know that pain and so do a shit ton of women on this show." #Cin#Days

I got given the Ladybird Album of the Dad for Father's Day. It is 90% awful cheese. My kids are delighted by my reaction of horror. FML.

Apart from anything else, it's almost certainly put together by a millenial or Geny Z'er, as most of the tracks are what Glee says are nostalgia tracks for Gen X'ers (hint, it's nostalgia for American MOR rock of the 80's more than, you know, what I was listening to 1971-2001)

So, who wants me to take this apart a track at a time? Me, that's who.

Mood of Gujarat 2017 thread!1. Modi’s Gujarat in 2017 has many surprises stored for both politicians and voters alike. Come election time and BJP realised years of propaganda has failed and people are up in arms. Come election time and Gujarat’s mostly Hindutva believing voters

2. are waking up to a new secular BJP. ‘Hum paanch hamare pachees’, and ‘Miya Musharraf’ spouting Modi has deployed National Ulema Council (RUC) and 50 ulemas under the leadership of Chairman Maulana Aamir Rashadi Madni. This is the same Maulana Aamir Rashadi who took out a

3. rally in protest of 2008 Batla House Encounter where Delhi Police claimed terrorists were hiding. Maulana Aamir staged dharna protest gathering thousands in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar & UP’s Azamgarh. BJP has lambasted Maulana at the time vehemently and much media coverage was